Strongly in favor. I agree that the existing behavior could even arguably be filed as a bug, since there is no static isValidCodePoint() method an API client can call first.
Aside: I would still like to see String follow a similar convention of failing on initialization for UTF-16 strings containing bad surrogate pairs. P > On Jul 21, 2016, at 5:28 PM, Chris Lattner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Swift community, > > The review of "SE-0128: Change failable UnicodeScalar initializers to > failable" begins now and runs through July 24. The proposal is available here: > > > https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0128-unicodescalar-failable-initializer.md > > Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews > should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review > manager. > > What goes into a review? > > The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review > through constructive criticism and contribute to the direction of Swift. When > writing your review, here are some questions you might want to answer in your > review: > > * What is your evaluation of the proposal? > * Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change > to Swift? > * Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift? > * If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, > how do you feel that this proposal compares to those? > * How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick > reading, or an in-depth study? > > More information about the Swift evolution process is available at > > https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md > > Thank you, > > -Chris Lattner > Review Manager > > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution-announce mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution-announce _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
